Has anyone encountered a player who is always on but always AFK?

About two weeks ago I noticed a random player starship in my home system. The icon was in the sky for a day or two so I went to investigate. This starship appeared to be adrift and all attempts to communicate led to nothing. It was there for at least 5 days every time I logged on (multiple times everyday)

Last week I noticed that the starship was gone, but now there is a corvette on my planet that belongs to this player. What's more confusing is that the corvette is hovering with the player sitting on the hull. It's been like that for a solid week. Every time I log on he's there. Again, attempts to communicate go unanswered. How is this player sitting AFK for a week in the same exact spot?

Maybe I'm thinking about it too much, but it's eerie. Has anyone ever encountered this in game before?

This was removed in another subreddit(not sure why) so I'll post here. As far as I can tell, it follows all the rules.

doorway only messes up sometimes. i sacrifice functionality for aesthetics more often than not haha

Is it possible to get all the rewards for the swarm expedition? I'm on blue team (kinda wanted red but oh well) and i saw that I only unlocked the blue team decor, and to get the other colors i have to be on the other teams. If i redo the expedition will i be on a different color team and be able to unlock those?

I know we all love huge spaceships, but how about the small ones?

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